Monitoring various medical information distributed throughout the body is of great importance in early clinic diagnosis and treatment of disease.To discover abnormal medical signals and find their causes in good time,...Monitoring various medical information distributed throughout the body is of great importance in early clinic diagnosis and treatment of disease.To discover abnormal medical signals and find their causes in good time,the human body should be monitored continuously and accurately.To meet the requirements,various battery-less and self-powered information acquisition techniques are invented.In this review,the recent advances in self-powered medical information sensors(SMIS)with different functions,structure design,and electric performance are summarized and discussed.The SMIS mainly involves triboelectric nanogenerator(TENG),piezoelectric nanogenerator(PENG),pyroelectric nanogenerator(PyNG)/thermoelectric generator(TEG)and solar cell.Additionally,this review also analyzed the remaining challenges and prospected the development direction of SMIS in future.展开更多
Flexible p–n thermoelectric generator(TEG)technology has rapidly advanced with power enhancement and size reduction.To achieve a stable power supply and highly efficient energy conversion,absolute chemical stability ...Flexible p–n thermoelectric generator(TEG)technology has rapidly advanced with power enhancement and size reduction.To achieve a stable power supply and highly efficient energy conversion,absolute chemical stability of n-type materials is essential to ensuring large temperature differences between device terminals and ambient stability.With the aim of improving the long-term stability of the n-type operation of carbon nanotubes(CNTs)in air and water,this study uses cationic surfactants,such as octylene-1,8-bis(dimethyldodecylammonium bromide)(12-8-12),a gemini surfactant,to stabilize the nanotubes in a coating,which retains the n-doped state for more than 28 days after exposure to air and water in experiments.TEGs with 10 p-n units of 12-8-12/CNT(n-type)and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate/CNT(p-type)layers are manufactured,and their water stability is evaluated.The initial maximum output of 16.1μW(75 K temperature difference)is retained after water immersion for 40 days without using a sealant to prevent TEG module degradation.The excellent stability of these CNT-based TEGs makes them suitable for underwater applications,such as battery-free health monitoring and information gathering systems,and facilitates the development of soft electronics.展开更多
Neurologists define the transmission of nerve impulses across the membranes of the neural cells as a result of difference in the concentration of ions while they measured an electric potential, called as an action pot...Neurologists define the transmission of nerve impulses across the membranes of the neural cells as a result of difference in the concentration of ions while they measured an electric potential, called as an action potential, which allows the propagation of such nerve impulses as electrical signals. Such measurements should guide them to a logical explanation of the nerve impulses as electric charges driven by the measured action potential. However, such logical conclusion, or explanation, is ignored due to a wrong definition of the flow of electric charges as a flow of electrons that cannot pass through neural networks. According to recent studies, electric charges are properly defined as electromagnetic (EM) waves whose energy is expressed as the product of its propagating electric potential times their entropy flow which is adhered to the flow of such energy. Such definition matches the logical conclusion of the nerve impulses as electric charges, as previously explained, and defines the entropy of the neural network, measured by Ammeters, in Watt or Joule/Volt. The measured entropy represents a neurodiagnostic property of the neural networks that measures its capacity to allow the flow of energy per unit action potential. Theoretical verification of the innovative definition of nerve impulses is presented by following an advanced entropy approach. A proper review of the machine records of the stimulating electric charges, used in the diagnosis of the neural networks, and the stimulated nerve impulses or stimulated responses, represents practical verifications of the innovative definitions of the electric charges and the nerve impulses. Comparing the functioning of the thermoelectric generators and the brain neurons, such neurons are defined as thermoelectric generators of the electric nerve impulses and their propagating, or action, potential.展开更多
采用化学气相沉积(CVD)方法,在无催化剂的条件下,生长出了锑掺杂的超长、大尺寸ZnO微米线。测试表明微米线的平均长度可达1~2.5 cm,微米线中锑元素的含量约为3.1%(n/n)。此外,将挑选出的单根锑掺杂ZnO微米线以银浆为电极制作成热电发电...采用化学气相沉积(CVD)方法,在无催化剂的条件下,生长出了锑掺杂的超长、大尺寸ZnO微米线。测试表明微米线的平均长度可达1~2.5 cm,微米线中锑元素的含量约为3.1%(n/n)。此外,将挑选出的单根锑掺杂ZnO微米线以银浆为电极制作成热电发电机,并研究了微米线长度和微米线直径对器件输出性能的影响。研究表明当器件两电极之间的温差为20 K且两电极间微米线的长度为1.6 cm时,器件能够输出的最大电压和最大输出功率分别约为36 m V和10.8 n W,微米线的赛贝克系数约为-1.80 m V·K-1。此外,热电器件的输出电压随着微米线长度的增加而增大,随微米线直径的增加而减小。展开更多
The traditional thermoelectric energy conversion techniques are explained in detail in terms of the axial flux electromagnetic (AFE) and the radial flux electromagnetic (RFE) inductions, and applications to heat engin...The traditional thermoelectric energy conversion techniques are explained in detail in terms of the axial flux electromagnetic (AFE) and the radial flux electromagnetic (RFE) inductions, and applications to heat engines for the energy-harvesting technologies are discussed. The idea is induced by the analysis of thermomechanical dynamics (TMD) for a nonequilibrium irreversible thermodynamic system of heat engines (a drinking bird, a low temperature Stirling engine), resulting in thermoelectric energy generation different from conventional heat engines. The mechanism of thermoelectric energy conversion can be categorized as the axial flux generator (AFG) and the radial flux generator (RFG). The axial flux generator is helpful for low mechanoelectric energy conversion and activations of waste heat from macroscopic energy generators, such as wind, geothermal, thermal, nuclear power plants and heat-dissipation lines, and the device contributes to solving environmental problems to maintain clean and sustainable energy as one of the energy harvesting technologies.展开更多
基金National Key R&D Project from Minister of Science and Technology,Grant/Award Number:2016YFA0202703National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Numbers:21801019,31571006,61875015,81601629。
文摘Monitoring various medical information distributed throughout the body is of great importance in early clinic diagnosis and treatment of disease.To discover abnormal medical signals and find their causes in good time,the human body should be monitored continuously and accurately.To meet the requirements,various battery-less and self-powered information acquisition techniques are invented.In this review,the recent advances in self-powered medical information sensors(SMIS)with different functions,structure design,and electric performance are summarized and discussed.The SMIS mainly involves triboelectric nanogenerator(TENG),piezoelectric nanogenerator(PENG),pyroelectric nanogenerator(PyNG)/thermoelectric generator(TEG)and solar cell.Additionally,this review also analyzed the remaining challenges and prospected the development direction of SMIS in future.
基金Mazda FoundationTEPCO Memorial FoundationJapan Society for the Promotion of Science,Grant/Award Numbers:19K05633,21K14428。
文摘Flexible p–n thermoelectric generator(TEG)technology has rapidly advanced with power enhancement and size reduction.To achieve a stable power supply and highly efficient energy conversion,absolute chemical stability of n-type materials is essential to ensuring large temperature differences between device terminals and ambient stability.With the aim of improving the long-term stability of the n-type operation of carbon nanotubes(CNTs)in air and water,this study uses cationic surfactants,such as octylene-1,8-bis(dimethyldodecylammonium bromide)(12-8-12),a gemini surfactant,to stabilize the nanotubes in a coating,which retains the n-doped state for more than 28 days after exposure to air and water in experiments.TEGs with 10 p-n units of 12-8-12/CNT(n-type)and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate/CNT(p-type)layers are manufactured,and their water stability is evaluated.The initial maximum output of 16.1μW(75 K temperature difference)is retained after water immersion for 40 days without using a sealant to prevent TEG module degradation.The excellent stability of these CNT-based TEGs makes them suitable for underwater applications,such as battery-free health monitoring and information gathering systems,and facilitates the development of soft electronics.
文摘Neurologists define the transmission of nerve impulses across the membranes of the neural cells as a result of difference in the concentration of ions while they measured an electric potential, called as an action potential, which allows the propagation of such nerve impulses as electrical signals. Such measurements should guide them to a logical explanation of the nerve impulses as electric charges driven by the measured action potential. However, such logical conclusion, or explanation, is ignored due to a wrong definition of the flow of electric charges as a flow of electrons that cannot pass through neural networks. According to recent studies, electric charges are properly defined as electromagnetic (EM) waves whose energy is expressed as the product of its propagating electric potential times their entropy flow which is adhered to the flow of such energy. Such definition matches the logical conclusion of the nerve impulses as electric charges, as previously explained, and defines the entropy of the neural network, measured by Ammeters, in Watt or Joule/Volt. The measured entropy represents a neurodiagnostic property of the neural networks that measures its capacity to allow the flow of energy per unit action potential. Theoretical verification of the innovative definition of nerve impulses is presented by following an advanced entropy approach. A proper review of the machine records of the stimulating electric charges, used in the diagnosis of the neural networks, and the stimulated nerve impulses or stimulated responses, represents practical verifications of the innovative definitions of the electric charges and the nerve impulses. Comparing the functioning of the thermoelectric generators and the brain neurons, such neurons are defined as thermoelectric generators of the electric nerve impulses and their propagating, or action, potential.
文摘采用化学气相沉积(CVD)方法,在无催化剂的条件下,生长出了锑掺杂的超长、大尺寸ZnO微米线。测试表明微米线的平均长度可达1~2.5 cm,微米线中锑元素的含量约为3.1%(n/n)。此外,将挑选出的单根锑掺杂ZnO微米线以银浆为电极制作成热电发电机,并研究了微米线长度和微米线直径对器件输出性能的影响。研究表明当器件两电极之间的温差为20 K且两电极间微米线的长度为1.6 cm时,器件能够输出的最大电压和最大输出功率分别约为36 m V和10.8 n W,微米线的赛贝克系数约为-1.80 m V·K-1。此外,热电器件的输出电压随着微米线长度的增加而增大,随微米线直径的增加而减小。
文摘The traditional thermoelectric energy conversion techniques are explained in detail in terms of the axial flux electromagnetic (AFE) and the radial flux electromagnetic (RFE) inductions, and applications to heat engines for the energy-harvesting technologies are discussed. The idea is induced by the analysis of thermomechanical dynamics (TMD) for a nonequilibrium irreversible thermodynamic system of heat engines (a drinking bird, a low temperature Stirling engine), resulting in thermoelectric energy generation different from conventional heat engines. The mechanism of thermoelectric energy conversion can be categorized as the axial flux generator (AFG) and the radial flux generator (RFG). The axial flux generator is helpful for low mechanoelectric energy conversion and activations of waste heat from macroscopic energy generators, such as wind, geothermal, thermal, nuclear power plants and heat-dissipation lines, and the device contributes to solving environmental problems to maintain clean and sustainable energy as one of the energy harvesting technologies.
